Success Story
Honest, deeply-reported journeys of the founders and companies rewriting Indian business — from garage to giant.
Nykaa: How Falguni Nayar Built a Beauty Empire at 50
A Kotak MD left banking to build a beauty e-tailer with her own savings.
Razorpay's Quiet Rewiring of Indian Payments
A payments API most banks wouldn't take a meeting for.
Groww: Turning First-Time Investors Into a Movement
An ex-Flipkart team, YC-backed, betting investing could be radically simple.
CRED and the Economics of Trust
A members club that rewarded people for paying their credit-card bills.
Meesho's Long Road to Profitable Social Commerce
Two IIT-Delhi engineers building rails for informal WhatsApp resellers.
Zerodha: Building India's Largest Broker With Zero Ad Spend
A discount broker built on personal savings — no VC, no ad spend.
How Zepto Went From a Dorm Room to a $7B Quick-Commerce Giant
Two teenagers testing whether groceries could arrive in ten minutes.
Nykaa: How Falguni Nayar Built a Beauty Empire at 50
From a banking career at 50 to India's beauty giant — the story of how Nykaa got there.
Razorpay's Quiet Rewiring of Indian Payments
From a YC demo to India's payments backbone — the story of how Razorpay got there.
Groww: Turning First-Time Investors Into a Movement
From a four-founder garage to a public company — the story of how Groww got there.
CRED and the Economics of Trust
From an invite-only club to a Meta-backed platform — the story of how Cred got there.
Meesho's Long Road to Profitable Social Commerce
From WhatsApp resellers to a public company — the story of how Meesho got there.
Zerodha: Building India's Largest Broker With Zero Ad Spend
Bootstrapped to India's most profitable brokerage — the story of how Zerodha got there.
How Zepto Went From a Dorm Room to a $7B Quick-Commerce Giant
From a 10-minute idea to a $7B company — the story of how Zepto got there.
The same stories, placed on the year each company was founded, an alternate, chronological view of the feed.